hen-hearted

See also: henhearted and hen hearted

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hen-hearted (comparative more hen-hearted, superlative most hen-hearted)

  1. (archaic) Cowardly; timid.
    Synonym: chicken-hearted
    • 1522, John Skelton, Why Not to Court:
      They kepe them in theyr holdes, Lyke henherted cokoldes.

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